The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-04-19


ing that was an officer OF the whaler
asked me il wished to ship any men.
said that ! did, and finding that time
was growing short, agreed to take him
without further parley. We proceeded
to the consul's Office, and ne was there
enrolled as member OF the ships
crew. The captain being anxious to
get aboard again, led the way to the
boat, and. with our new men, we were
soon under way to the vessel. The
mate, seeing us approach, shortened
sail, Stacked off his head sheets, and
"hove the vessel to" for us, and we
soon boarded her.
We then made sail again. and / had
the satisfaction OF seeing that my Ma
lay was practied seaman, and as ac-
tive as cat about the rigging. Aft.
err we had been three days out, one OF
the toremast hands came to me and
reported that the Malay was so i'll as
to be unable to 90 on watch, adding
that he thought he had the fever.
Alarmed by this intelligence | proceed
ed Immediately to the forecastle to ex-
anime the man. found him stretch
ed out upon % couple OF sea chests
directly under the open scuttle and
saw from the CHASTITY color OF the
mans face that he was seriously i'll.
He showed marked symptoms of the
yellow fever, which is often prevalent
in Pernambuco. ! Immediately re-
ported the case to the captain
and the mate, who ridiculed my
fears, declaring that "the--lazy mig
ger was only Sinking duty, and that
the taste OF q ropes end would soon
bring him round" They Doth went
tor'a ard and in q few moments, to my
anger and disgust, / saw the unfortu-
nate Maly dragged up the companions
way by these two brutes, and order
ed aloft to assist the men who were
bending new foretopsail. Iventured
to demonstrate with the captain, but
was roughly told to "hold my
jaw"
Seeing that should only prejudice
the cause OF the unfortunate man by
my advocacy, said no more, but re-
solved to make it as light for him as l
could while he was on watch. He
managed to go on duty for the next
two days, being assisted by kind
hearted shipmates, but on the third,
being overcome by the intense heat,
dropped exhausted upon the deck.
Convinced at last of the genuineness
OF the mans illness, the captain had
him carried below, where q close ex-
animation revealed beyond a doubt
that he was dangerously i'll oil the yell
low fever. He soon became delirous
and his rawlings were most horrible
to listen to. He remained in this con-
dition during the rest Of the trip.
When we were within "a hours sail
OF Bermuda was summoned to the
captains room, where | found the
rest OF the officers assembled. The
captain then informed us that, in his
haste, he had neglected to take
out our health papers at Per-
nambuco, and that consequently
we should not be allowed to land at
Bermuda in the usual way. He pro-
posed that we should clay off and on"
near a portion of the island that he
knew to be thinly settled, where we
should probably be able to purchase
our vegetables from the farmers and
take them aboard in the whale boats
before the government authorities
were aware OF our presence. | then
ventured to suggest that we had a man
aboard who was dying ofyellow fever,
and that it would be necessary for hui
manity's sake to get himinto the hos
pital. The captain, with somewhat
sinister look, shortly informed me that
the case would be provided for, and
the conference broke up. On the Goth
day OF May we sighted the lighthouse
tower OF Bermuda, and the wind be-
ing fair and strong were soon
lying within easy distance OF the
shore. The captain gave orders
that the mates boat be got ready for
lowering, and prepared to go ashore
to arrange for the purchase OF our
stores. AS was going below at eight
bells, saw the mate walk for'ard and
descend into the iorecastle. Suspect
ing that something was up, deter
mined to remained on deck. After n
while saw a couple OF the foremost
hands lift n small sea chest on deck
and 90 below again; in n short time
they again appeared, bearing between
them the Sick Malay. The poor
watch was indeed pitiable object as
he was borne aft between the two
men. His thin, hot hands clutched
wildly in the air, and his rolling
eyeballs seemed to appeal for
mercy as they glanced from
one to another OF the crew. stepped
up TO him. and as tenderly as ] could
helped to place him in the mates boat;
his chest Ia light one enough, poor fel-
low, was placed beside him, and in q
few moments the boat was manned,
and, with the captain and the mate in